McIlroy: I’m no racing certainty

RORY McILROY may be the hottest golfer in the world right now but he is refusing to buy into the hype that he is a sure thing to win this week’s PGA Championship at Valhalla.

The 25-year-old Irishman regained the world number one ranking on Sunday in Akron, after coming from behind to win the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club. It was his first start since claiming the Claret Jug two Sundays previously in The Open Championship at Hoylake to complete three legs of a career Majors grand slam.

This week, the imperiously in-form McIlroy is poised for a hat-trick of consecutive wins, Tiger Woods the only golfer to have won The Open, WGC-Bridgestone and PGA Championships in successive appearances, which he managed in 2000 and 2006.